Midland Dirt Masters - Coventry

Thu, 9th August 2012

Report By Ben Cosgrove Team HBs arrived early on Saturday morning
for the re scheduled MDM at the fantastic Coventry club. The track
layout was different from the national which meant we missed out
the top right hand loop section which was pretty blown out during
the finals at the national. The track was very dry as we had a full
week of hot weather beforehand which meant the track was very dusty
and again different to what we had experienced before. Ben Cosgrove
was running the electric buggy class whereas Graham Alsop and John
Holmes were running the nitro buggy class. We decided to split our
tyre strategies on the Saturday so we could get some good data for
Sunday for the finals. We all preferred slightly different
combinations but we all ended up using the red compound. Ben used
Gridlock and John used Multibyte with Graham trying Khaos and
Blocks. Electric Buggy went well for Ben with a perfect score saw
the HPI Trophy Buggy Flux on pole for the A main, which was to be a
2 leg 15 minute each affair. The buggy worked very well again and
is still showing how an RTR car can be used in serious competition
against the ‘expensive’ opponents. Nitro buggy saw
Graham and John both TQing rounds and they were locked in a battle
with Team Associateds Craig Drescher and Tony Truman. Graham ended
up in third on the grid with John in fourth. The club decided to
use 3 form 6 rounds of qualifying instead of the agreed 4 from 6 at
the last minute meaning that Graham would have TQ'd if they had
used 4 to count. Electric buggy finals went very well for Ben
having a controlled race in both legs to take the double victory
and maximum honours. The nitro final was a race of attrition with
John and Tony retiring due to technical issues leaving Graham and
Craig to have an epic battle for the complete race! It was won by
Craig with Graham under his rear wing as they crossed the line for
the very last time. It was a great weekend for the team with nearly
a double victory and we really worked strong as a unit. The
Coventry club ran a great meeting as always and the weather was
sunny for a change. Full results will be available on the Coventry
Model Car Clubs website soon. The focus is now on the upcoming
Euros for Graham and electric national for Ben both in 2 weeks
time.